An administrator wants to automate an account permissions update for a large number of accounts. Which of the following would best accomplish this task?

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Options

• ASecurity groups
• BFederation
• CUser provisioning
• DVertical scaling

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  94% (31)

Explanation

User provisioning is correct because it refers to the automated process of creating, managing, and updating user accounts and their permissions at scale - exactly what's needed when an administrator must apply permission changes across many accounts efficiently.

Security groups (A) are used to organize users and apply shared permissions, but they don't automate the provisioning process itself - someone still needs to manually assign accounts to groups. Federation (B) allows users to authenticate using an external identity provider (like SSO), which is about how users log in, not about bulk-updating permissions. Vertical scaling (D) is an infrastructure concept (adding more resources to a server) and has nothing to do with account management.

Memory tip: Think of "provisioning" like a vending machine - you define what each account gets, and the system automatically dispenses the right access to each user. If you need to update permissions for hundreds of users, provisioning tools (like SCIM or an identity management system) handle it in bulk without manual intervention.

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